Shadowland (The Immortals, #3) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Nov 20, 2009 Kristen rated it did not like it

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I was so disappointed with this book for a number of reasons. First, it was 200 pages of the same thing over and over and over and over. It was Damen saying"you can't do certain things and stay away from Roman" blah blah blah. After 3 chapters of that, all I could think of was him as a whiney baby. And what I thought was going to be such a major part of the plot - the no mixing of DNA (besides the fact that I have some questions about the science of the whole thing - simply touching someone's sk I was so disappointed with this book for a number of reasons. First, it was 200 pages of the same thing over and over and over and over. It was Damen saying"you can't do certain things and stay away from Roman" blah blah blah. After 3 chapters of that, all I could think of was him as a whiney baby. And what I thought was going to be such a major part of the plot - the no mixing of DNA (besides the fact that I have some questions about the science of the whole thing - simply touching someone's skin will MIX the DNA?) thing - is resolved in about 20 pages. So, what was the conflict besides all of Damen's whining? Nothing really. Except then, with like 20 pages left there's a climax that comes out of nowhere. As for the resolution? Well, noting about anything is resolved. This felt like nothing more then filler that could have been handled in 2 or 3 chapters of the last book. Or the next book. But, by itself it was a waste of a book.

One of the other major complaints I have is that it got very mystical. Too much ooohhhh-you-need-to-worry-about-karma (without any real explanation of it by the way) and stuff - and then pulling in "the book of shadows" (Charmed, anyone?) and the twins and the cryptic warning from them - but NOTHING to show for all that? And we keep getting told about manifesting - how many times do I need to have that explained?

Then, as for where the title came from... so Shadowland was mentioned maybe 3 times. We learned nothing about it really. Except it's supposed to be something bad. I expected this to turn into the conflict, but by then end, it's all but forgotten about really. It's just this thing, that's now out there for presumably the next book to tackle.

Yikes. The dialogue got old fast. The interaction between Ever and Damen was so repetitive that I more then once thought I was re-reading the same chapter. All this self pity on the part of both characters.... And then, don't even get me started on Damen's behavior. For someone who's so mature and old - he acts more like a 5 year old then anything. He can't take advantage of his ability to manifest anymore (hence the part without the car and clothes) but he continues to tell Ever that they can do anything they want? He contradicts himself more then any character I recall ever reading. And then when the twins show up, he can manifest anything they want. And then he goes back to normal without any real explanation (sort of - the whole split with Ever is another issue I have with the plot but I'm not going to get into that one).

We lost virtually all connection to a number of the other characters (Ever's friends primarily) and Roman, who I expected based on the last book and the book jacket to be a major character still is actually present in a very few scenes. As for Ever's new "love interest", even his development is so one-dimensional and thin that I can't even remember his name. I think this book was an epic failure with respect to moving a story along, character development, dialogue writing, and pretty much... well... everything a book should accomplish. I see at the end that there is (at least) one more coming. And I am thinking I am likely to just call it quits on this series. And that says something since I usually stick around even for the bad ones. ...more

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